
The Defense Department said the S-Band Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) conducted its first flight test tracking of a live missile target on Monday, relaying data to the Control Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC). The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on Tuesday announced that Fight Test Other-26a (FTX-26a) used an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) representative target developed by MDA air launched over the northern Pacific Ocean after air-dropped by a C-17 Globemaster aircraft. The target flew over 1,200 miles off the…